If systemd timers, journald and cockpit already cover your needs, RunWisp probably isnt for you. RunWisp is aimed at people who want portable TOML-defined tasks and services with unified history, logs and alerts. you’re right that ACLs are currently missing, but access is protected by password authentication and the UI can only trigger commands already defined on the host.
helix@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Looks good, but kind of superfluous if you just use systemd timers, lol
Systemd timers are the modern way of doing it which gives you everything you coded this tool for, logs and whatnot, in the journal.
And you can run them in a web UI like cockpit aswell.
This might be interesting in a business setting but lacks ACLs and user management in general.
It’s probably also quite easy to hack the system with it if you can inject some malicious scripts.
runwisp_com@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
helix@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Yes but… Systemd timers are INI-defined tasks and services with unified history and logs, the alerts can be easily added with any alerting system.
runwisp_com@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
yeah, thats fair, systemd + cockpit with alerts can cover pretty much the same ground. What RunWisp brings is the integrated cross-platform package and UX. Nobody is claiming that those underlying capabilities are impossible to assemble elsewhere.
helix@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But why does it need a cross platform package when systemd is available everywhere? What UX is better than the already existing cockpit?
kittenz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Or just cron that calls a logger works well enough
runwisp_com@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
if cron + logger covers your needs, you should keep that going. RunWisp is for cases where you also want searchable run history with retention and rotation, failure alerts, manual triggering and service supervision, all in one place without assembling those pieces yourself.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I generally like some things that syatemd gives, but is there an easier way to create timed automations with systemd timers?
with cron, its just a single line with the recurrence pattern and the command. with systemd, you have to create a timer unit file with several lines, a service unit file with several lines, put them in the right directory, reload systemd, enable the timer. timers are not difficult, but much more convoluted than the crontab.
helix@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
here’s a single line for you which creates a one-shot service+timer in one go, suspending the system in 4 hours:
If you want it to run repeatedly, simply replace
–on-activewith–on-calendar=“*-*-* 04:00:00”for example.WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
thank you. this creates it, but is there a way to view or edit its current configuration in a similar format? and this is not persisted, is it?
helix@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
If you inspect the generated timer you see the same format in the OnCalendar line.
What do you mean by persisted? The service and timer will both be there as long as the timer doesn’t end. Which it won’t in my example.
If you want to copy it for later reference, you can simply copy the files.